October 1, 2007

Notes from the Desk...

The last time you received one of my newsletters I was actually out camping the weekend before July 4^th.  And we had a great time that weekend then on July 4^th we made a trip to meet some friends and spend some time with them.  That was a great time also.

I've also been very busy with several different projects and two I will be announcing very soon.  I've teamed up with a gentleman that is an energy coach.  I've worked with him on a few issues that I have experienced and Murray has helped me with them.  Murray is almost ready to launch his website and as soon as that happens I'll be letting you know so that you may use Murray as another tool on your journey.

Also I have begun taking life coach certification classes and should be done with those by early next year.  At the end of the classes I will be a Certified Master Spirit Life Coach.  I will also be working on getting the designation of Small Business Marketing Coach.

These among a few other things are why I haven’t written a newsletter since July.  Also, it’s because I have been enjoying life.  I’ve been doing this and doing that all summer long and just taking time to “stop and smell the roses” so to speak.

I think it’s important that we all do this from time to time just so we can remind ourselves of all the wonder there is right in front of us.

Anyway, I’ve been having a great time and I hope all of you have as well.

Now, on to this month’s issue…

A Call for Responsibility

by Gary Glasscock

It has become customary in our society to blame other people for the negative things that happen in our lives.  We all tend to look outside of ourselves for the cause of our actions.  Well guess what, YOU are responsible for your actions, reactions, emotions, everything that happens to you.  YES EVERYTHING!!!

One thing I see when bad things happen to people, is they say they are being punished by God for something.  HUH?  Why would God punish you while you’re still here on Earth?  According to all that we are taught, God’s punishment is eternal damnation in Hell.  Wouldn’t that be punishment enough?  Why would God intentionally punish you when he loves you? 

God gave us free will to choose as we wish.  Along with this came the responsibility of facing the consequences of our actions and decisions.  If society is already punishing us for our misdeeds, why would God want to add to that while we are here?

But let’s go a bit further than what pops in to most people’s heads when thinking of being responsible.

YOU are responsible for all of the emotions you experience?  Think about that for a minute.

This is an idea completely foreign to most people.  And most people will reject this idea right off the bat.  But it is true.  WE control our emotions.  Not our friend, boyfriend, girlfriend, best friend, mother, father, sister, brother, daughter, son, or anyone.

Each emotion you experience you caused yourself to experience.  Any time you have gotten mad, you made yourself experience that.  Each time you have felt this way or that way, YOU are the cause.  Now, before you go saying, “But what about…?” let me clarify a bit.  There are some people that are not completely responsible for their emotions (or for other things as well).  Those are young children (because they haven’t learned yet that they have the option of choosing how they feel), and people with problems associated with a mental disease.  Other than that, everyone else is responsible for how they feel at any given moment, about any given subject.

I know you are reading this and saying to yourself, “No, he made me mad last night” or “well she upset me this morning.”  Sorry, I’m not buying it.

You see, there is a physiological process that happens in our bodies when we experience emotions, and it’s a whole body experience.  (you can read a simplified explanation of this on my blog.  You can view the post HERE)

And we all need to get to the point of deciding what we allow ourselves to experience, instead of allowing others (and effectively giving our personal power away to these people) to affect us negatively.  All you have to do is make the conscious choice to feel however you choose.  There is a saying that states, “Those that anger you, control you.”  And that is so true.  So why do we give away control of ourselves to other people?

This is exactly what I allowed to happen a few weeks ago.  I gave control of my emotions away to someone else and I allowed them to control me, resulting in me getting very angry.  Were they responsible?  No they weren’t.  I was responsible because ultimately I am the one that made the choice to be angry.  For those of you who experienced this, I do apologize.

We are powerful and unlimited in what we can be, do, or have.  We are all creations of what we know as God.  We are told in the Bible we are created in his image.  We all come from God.  If we all come from God, wouldn’t that also mean that we are all perfect creations of God, the creator, since we know God is perfect?  Seriously, how can anything God creates not be perfect?

If you choose to believe this, why would you wish to experience anything negative?  If we are connected in spirit to God and with one another (and we are all connected, every one of us on this planet), why would you not feel good all the time?  Why would you CHOOSE to feel any other way?
 
Happiness is a state of mind that we choose to experience.  Why would you wish to experience anything else?  If we truly do have the power to choose our emotions, why would we want to choose anything other than feeling good?  That’s for another letter, but for now, just know that YOU DO HAVE THE POWER TO CHOOSE WHAT YOU EXPERIENCE!

It’s your choice.  Choose wisely.

Peace, Abundance, and Blessings,

Gary Glasscock

Why I talk about "emotions" so much

by Gary Glasscock

I do talk a lot about controlling one's emotions.  The reason for this is because controlling your emotions is of paramount importance when you are wishing to manifest anything.  You must be able to control your emotions so that you can raise your vibration and be in harmony with that you are wishing to manifest in your life.

We must "feel" as though we are already experiencing that which we want to manifest in our lives.  But we must also gain control of our emotions so that we can effectively "let go" of the outcome of our request.

Many people want to know how to manifest the big house, the relationship, the monetary wealth, and any number of other things.  We'll your emotions play a big role in this.  By not controlling your emotions you begin to stress over the "how" of the manifestation.  And as we all know, the "how" is not our job.  That is the job of God/the Universe/Source or whatever your name for it.

And when you receive inspiration on the "how," you must then put aside emotion so that you will not "judge" the inspiration.  When we "judge" something that we have been inspired to do, we bring our emotions into play and we are not thinking rationally about our next task.  We think, "Oh that will be too hard to do," or "If I do that people will think I'm crazy," or "I can't do that, I'll be embarrassed."

*sigh*

The next thing you know, we have pushed away the opportunity to bring us closer to manifesting that which we desire.  All because we allowed our emotions to overshadow our decisions.  But fear not, you may have lost that opportunity but another will come.  We just have to learn to accept these inspirations for what they are.  And sometimes, it takes several times in order for us to learn how to control our emotions and bring ourselves into harmony with the "how."

This is one of the reasons I am big on controlling your emotions.

Peace, Abundance, and Blessings,

Gary

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